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Submitted by Bladup on Friday, 23 June 2023  Page Views: 14865

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Country: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Loughborough  Nearest Village: Woodhouse Eaves
Map Ref: SK512146  Landranger Map Number: 129
Latitude: 52.726629N  Longitude: 1.243312W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Orcinus : Beacon Hill Northern outcrop 2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Beacon Hill is a lovely country park in Leicestershire with spectacular rock formations and marvellous views. Less well known is the hill fort which is believed to be of Late Bronze Age date.

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Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Orcinus : The Old Man of Beacon Hill, 2017 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Orcinus : Beacon Hill, the lighting of the beacon, Winter solstice 2015 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Orcinus : Beacon Hill summit 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Orcinus : Beacon Hill Winter Solstice 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Orcinus : Beason Hill 2016. Ditch & bank of the Bronze Age hillfort

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Orcinus : Beacon Hill looking south over the Bronze Age hillfort

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Orcinus : Beacon Hill summit, looking north, 2016

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Bladup : An outcrop on Beacon hill, there's a great face in the rocks, it's looking to the left. The place is a good natural defence on this side for the iron age fort or/and a much older stone axe factory?

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Bladup : An outcrop on Beacon hill, A good natural defence on this side for the iron age fort and/or a much older stone axe factory?

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Bladup : An outcrop on Beacon hill and the moon, A good natural defence on this side for the iron age fort and/or a much older stone axe factory?

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Bladup : An outcrop on Beacon hill, A good natural defence on this side for the iron age fort, and/or a much older stone axe factory?

Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Andy B : The Bronze Age `Fort` at Beacon Hill is at least 3000 years old. Copyright Mat Fascione and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.

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Re: Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) by Anonymous on Friday, 22 September 2023
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Re: Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) by Orcinus on Wednesday, 20 January 2021
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Beacon Hill is topped by a univallate hillfort – the only one of its type in Leicestershire. It probably dates from the late Bronze Age / early Iron Age. In 1858 a late Bronze Age founder's hoard was discovered, including two spearheads and a socketed axe. An axe mould and a bronze bracelet were also found on the hill, which hasn't been systematically excavated (info from the SMR on Magic).

Its name suggests it was once used for lighting signalling fires - or maybe, being the second highest hill in the county, it is a pretty conspicuous beacon in itself.

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4926/beacon_hill.html
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